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CONCERT CLASS | An Exploration of Improvisation with Harvard Jazz Bands and Guest Jane Ira Bloom (Kayden Visiting Artist...
...have been snowing outside, but inside the Winthrop House Junior Common Room, a small gathering of the elderly and the youthful were alternatively startled, stunned and awed by the lecture-demonstration on jazz improvisation and movement by acclaimed soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom last Friday afternoon. Accompanied by modern dancer Peentz Dubble, and moderator Tom Everett, Director of Harvard Bands, Bloom presented “An Exploration of Improvisation,” which focused on combining physical movement and improvisation as a jazz musician in the first of Harvard’s Office for the Arts?...
...Jane Ira Bloom, a “mover and shaker”—literally—in the use of both electronics and movement in jazz, was awarded soprano sax of the year by the Jazz Journalists Award in 2001, the Charlie Parker Fellowship for Jazz Innovation, and the International Women in Jazz Jazz Masters Award. But her proudest accomplishment is that she is the first musician to be commissioned by NASA’s art program-—and she even has an asteroid named after...
...have worked our way into the hunt at both the Sprints and the IRA in recent years,” Northeastern coach John Pojednic stated. “But fifth at the IRA needs to be a stepping stone for us, not an accomplishment to rest on. I think I have evolved as a coach because of this league and my competitors; you either find a way to go fast, or you get run over. It’s about what you expect, and subsequently, about how hard you’re willing to work...
...national title race was no different: there was Harvard, and there was everyone else. A four-second victory at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championships gave the Crimson its second consecutive national crown and an undefeated spring season. The second varsity would take home a silver medal at the IRAs, and the two crews would spend the rest of June preparing for a trip to the Henley Royal Regatta...